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The Greatest Group Ever.

Thanks Misfits for being so very special!

Thanks, Stormy for testing this tutorial.

Supplies:

Paint Shop Pro 8 or 9 This was done in 9 but you can use 8

Tube of your choice

Filters: Mehdi - Kaleidoscope OR VM Distortion – Kaleidoscope (I Used the

Mehdi for the sample in this tutorial)

Krusty’s FX Vol 11-2.0 Generator A-1 Eye

Eye Candy 3.1 – Perspective Shadow

A big thank you to the person who made this tube. If anyone knows who created it, please let us know so that we can give proper credit. Thank You

Any resemblance of this tutorial to any other tutorial is coincidental.

Note: The results of this tutorial will turn out differently each time. Open the tube you want to use, Shift D to Duplicate then close your original.

This tutorial is only a guide. Please have fun & experiment

Magic Wand Settings for this tutorial:

1 .Set up your material pallet by selecting a light color from your graphic (I used #002942 & a dark color (#000000).

2. File – new 350 x 350 transparent

3. Right click on your layer pallet – New raster layer – name it tube – Make sure

This tube layer pallet is active by clicking on it which will highlight it..

4. Click on your tube to activate it – Edit, Copy, Paste as New Selection onto

your transparent file. With your move tool, center the tube. Effects – 3D

Effects – Drop Shadow:

Repeat using the same settings but changing the V/H to -3 / -3

5. Right click on your tube layer in the layer pallet – Duplicate. You now have a copy of the tube layer. Deactivate the copy of tube layer by clicking on the eye. This is what you should have in your layer pallet:

6. Active the tube layer by clicking on it (it will be highlighted now). Effects – Distortion Effects – Polar Coordinates. – Rectangle to Polar – Transparent. Center the image with your mover tool

7. Effects – Mehdi – Kaleidoscope: This is what I used for this sample of this tutorial but the VM works nicely too

OR you can use VM Distortion – Kaleidoscope

8. Effects – Krusty’s FX Vol II -2.0 Generator A-1 Eye

9. Activate the Copy of Tube layer by clicking the eye – the red x will disappear. Highlight this layer – you will now see your tube. If it needs centered – use your mover tool & center it. Effects – Eye Candy 3.1 – Perspective Shadow:

10. Right click on your layer pallet – Layers – Merge All Flatten

11. Image – Add Borders (symmetric) 2 pixels black

Image – Add Borders (symmetric) 2 pixels color #002942

Image – Add Borders (symmetric) 2 pixels black

12. Selections – Select All – Selections Modify – Contract 6 pixels. Effects -3D

Cutout:

Repeat cutout using V/H at 2 / 2

13. Image – Add Borders – 30 pixels white – Select with Magic Wand –

Repeat Krusty’s with the same settings as in Step 8 – Do Not Deselect

14. Effects – Geometric – Perspective Vertical – Distortion - Distortion set at -35

Color – Transparent – Do Not Deselect

15. Selections Invert - Repeat Cutout the same as in Step 12

16. Selections – Modify – Expand by 1 pixel – Repeat Drop Shadow as in

Step 4 – Deselect.

It was my preference to crop the excess light teal on the bottom of the image.

17. Image – Add Borders (symmetric) 2 pixels black

Image – Add Borders (symmetric) 2 pixels color #35ddd0

Image – Add Borders (symmetric) 2 pixels black

18. Select All – Selections – Modify – Contract 4 pixels

Selections – Invert

Apply Cutout as in Step 12 Changing the Color to Black

Add your text - Resize to suit your project. .

Hope you had a fun with this tutorial and discovered something new.

Keep smiling and stay creative

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